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23.A WARRIOR appears. Jim’s character. Jim works the controls.IN HOLOGRAM: The Warrior rises off the ground on a beam oflight - and is immediately torn to pieces by enemy fire.Z FACTOR (CONT’D)You lose! Z Factor reigns supreme!The game howls with demonic laughter.DECK FOUR - MOVIE THEATER - EVENINGA classic theater. Seats for a thousand. A velvet curtain.Jim enters. Cued by his arrival, the curtain parts. The filmbegins. Jim settles into a seat.SUPER: THREE MONTHS LATERFADE TO BLACK.DECK TWO - ARCADE - DAYJim is playing “Z Factor!” and he’s on fire.IN HOLOGRAM: The Warrior battles dragons above a crystallinecity. A title announces “Level 40.”Jim moves like a martial artist, dripping sweat.IN HOLOGRAM: The Warrior challenges the game’s Final Enemy -a colossus with a hundred eyes. The Final Enemy falls dead.Z-FACTORYou are victorious!Yes!JIMZ-FACTORYou are the Grand Master of Z Factor!JIM(elated)I am the Grand Master of Z Factor!GYMNASIUM - BASKETBALL COURTJim shoots baskets. He’s brought dozens of balls onto thecourt. He no longer rebounds, just grabs the nearest ball.He shoots from half court. From even farther away. Longshots, bounce shots off the wall.